It’s the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
NIKOLAI GOGOLNothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.
More Nikolai Gogol Quotes
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There exists a kind of laughter which is worthy to be ranked with the higher lyric emotions and is infinitely different from the twitching of a mean merrymaker.
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We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.
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I shall laugh my bitter laugh.
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The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
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There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly become not only harder than any man, but even harder than anything and everything in the world.
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But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.
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The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.
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Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die.
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Man is such a wondrous being that it is never possible to count up all his merits at once. The more you study him, the more new particulars appear, and their description would be endless.
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The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral… Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That’s my idea.
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For public opinion does not admit that lofty rapturous laughter is worthy to stand beside lofty lyrical emotion and that there isall the difference in the world between it and the antics of a clown at a fair.
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Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
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You can’t imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.
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Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.
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Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
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